James C. Beazley writes a humorous and useful little partsong entitled, “There was a Little Man” (Doremi), who, as we know, “had a little gun,” and this sporting episode is facetiously and effectually carried out in the music.
Songs from Lewis Carroll’s “Sylvie and Bruno” (all in one small cover) are most amusingly quaint. Listen to the euphony of “King Fisher’s Song.”
“‘Needles have eyes,’ said Lady Bird—
Sing Cats, sing Corks, sing Cowslip Tea—
‘And they are sharp—just what
Your Majesty is not.
So get you gone—’tis too absurd
To come a-courting me!’”
And other lines linger in our memories like—
“Sing Prunes, sing Prawns, sing Primrose Hill,”